Comparison

Refocus Now vs Skill A Day

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Refocus Now

This app offers biblically and clinically based mental health and mindfulness exercises. It provides guided meditations, affirmations, and journaling prompts to help users process emotions and improve their well-being. It's designed as a supplement to therapy for personal emotional health.

Highlights
  • Biblically based meditations
  • Therapeutic exercises for grief, identity, relationships, trauma
  • Guided prayer and affirmations
  • Daily meditations under 10 minutes
  • Journaling for emotional processing
  • Self-guided education and visualizations
Features
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This isn't your typical mindfulness app. Refocus Now is a biblically & clinically based mental health, mindfulness and meditation app with therapeutic exercises designed for your personal emotional health needs.  Including specific categories such as grief, identity & self worth, relationships, trauma, and more. We offer daily meditations with guided prayer. Affirmations from our therapists that provide encouragement for practical everyday situations. And journaling to help you process your thoughts & emotions. This is not therapy, but it can be a great supplement to therapy, providing helpful exercises. Work through self guided education, self analysis, visualizations, and breathing exercises related to various life issues. Start your day off with the right mindset by meditating to God's work by listening to our many biblical meditations, all under 10 minutes. Let our therapists pour words of affirmation into your life through videos that address practical everyday situations. Journal your thoughts on your daily emotions, or answer reflective questions that are assigned to some of the therapeutic topical exercises. While based on Christian principles and scriptures, this app can be helpful for both Christians who are walking in the faith or even those who are simply curious about Christianity. We believe that this app can help you to refocus on living in the now. And journey towards being the person that God created you to be. Subscriptions Pricing and Terms Refocus Now offers an auto-renewing subscription: $1.99 per month These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://refocusapp.com/terms-%26-conditions Read the privacy policy here: https://refocusapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Skill A Day

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One skill. One day. That's the whole idea. SkillADay hands you a single, hands-on skill every morning, picked for you and broken into clear steps you can actually finish. No endless courses. No 40-tab rabbit holes. Just one good thing to learn today, then go live your life. Every skill comes with: - A Guided mode that walks you through one step at a time - An optional photo check-in for a little encouragement on what you made Here's the part that keeps people coming back. You learn alongside a dragon. It hatches with you on day one and grows as you level up. Keep your streak going and you earn brand-new dragons, one milestone at a time, twelve in all. Every skill you finish also lights a star in your Star Atlas, slowly filling whole constellations as you go. Skills span cooking and baking, drawing and crafts, plants, music, photography, money basics, simple tech, and more. Some days are practical. Some are just fun. All of them are small enough to fit a real day. Learn a little, every day. Watch it add up. Start with a free skill, then go further whenever you're ready. Cancel anytime.

Screenshots

Refocus Now4 screens
Skill A Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skill A Day at every 5 days against Refocus Now's every 6 weeks. Refocus Now's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Refocus Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Skill A Day sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refocus Now ships an update every 6 weeks, Skill A Day every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Refocus Now versus Skill A Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefocus NowSkill A Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB161 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperREFOCUS APP LLCNinsei Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Refocus Now

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Premium Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Year
  • Monthly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
3 purchases

Skill A Day

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Skill A Day Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Skill A Day Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Refocus Now free?
Refocus Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skill A Day free?
Skill A Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Refocus Now or Skill A Day have ads?
Neither Refocus Now nor Skill A Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Refocus Now or Skill A Day?
Refocus Now ships an update every 6 weeks, and Skill A Day every 5 days. Most recently, Refocus Now was updated on October 1, 2026 and Skill A Day on October 18, 2026.

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